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The Florida Academy of Sciences journal, started in 1936, and the California Academy of Sciences journal, started in 1854, have been continuously publishing research articles and the main academic journals in both states representing all scientific disciplines. These journals have different posted objectives with California focusing on diversity from journal origin and Florida not mentioning diversity anywhere. Both are regional publications and thus ideal sources to evaluate how science journals have changed over time and if those changes match society's expectation of diversity progress through the decades. To assess these changes, information was collected from both journals in every decade, such as percent of female authors compared with male authors, single versus multiple authors, marine-topic manuscripts, length of articles, percent of out-of-state authors and contributions, as well as other diversity measures and changes over time. California was predicted to have more equality in publications between genders compared with Florida, with both journals predicted to have increases in female representation over time. Statistical analysis evaluated these trends and based on the results, recommendations to increase diversity in both academies are discussed along with creating awareness in both academies of progress or opportunities for improvements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]